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Against the renationalisation of public utilities
Against a 50p top rate of income tax
Against abolishing tuition fees
The #IndependentGroup looks like Conservatism minus Brexit
newstatesman.com/politics/uk/20…
Chris Leslie + Chuka Umunna were partly responsible for Miliband’s defeat in 2015. Leslie promised to sustain Tory spending cuts for “decades ahead”. His Zero-Based Review threatened to extend them to the NHS. Labour would complete Osborne’s programme “to eradicate the deficit”.
Chuka Umunna announced Labour will be “radical in reforming our economy” in support of “a determinedly pro-business agenda”. They more or less eliminated the difference between Labour and the Tories on economic matters. I wrote about them both in 2014: monbiot.com/2014/06/10/the…
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BREAKING: Luciana Berger leaves @UKLabour along with several other MPs to form the #IndependentGroup. She says she is "embarrassed and ashamed" to be in Labour. Adds that the party is "institutionally antisemitic."

#LabourAntisemitism #LabourSplit
.@ChrisLeslieMP, also resigning from Labour, says: "(regarding the leadership of the party) there is an appalling culture of intolerance, closing down of debate, abuse online and offline, and antisemitism."

#LabourSplit #LabourAntisemitism #IndependenceGroup
.@anncoffey_mp, also leaving Labour, cites #LabourAntisemitism as a key reason for leaving @UKLabour.

#LabourSplit #IndependenceGroup
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